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  1. bryanchow revised this gist Jul 16, 2017. 1 changed file with 3 additions and 1 deletion.
    4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion ulize.py
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    @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ def ulize(text):
    like Markdown or Textile but without the other junk. Expects each list
    item to be prefixed by zero or more spaces, a dash, and a single space.
    https://gist.github.com/bryanchow/2b0fa0cc99c2582e5bb65b9f1088473f
    >>> ulize(
    ... "Here is a list of items:\n"
    ... "- Item one\n"
    @@ -31,4 +33,4 @@ def ulize(text):

    if __name__ == "__main__":
    import doctest
    doctest.testmod()
    doctest.testmod()
  2. bryanchow revised this gist Jul 16, 2017. No changes.
  3. bryanchow created this gist Jul 16, 2017.
    34 changes: 34 additions & 0 deletions ulize.py
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    import re

    def ulize(text):
    r"""
    Convert lists embedded in plain text to HTML unordered lists. Yes, kinda
    like Markdown or Textile but without the other junk. Expects each list
    item to be prefixed by zero or more spaces, a dash, and a single space.
    >>> ulize(
    ... "Here is a list of items:\n"
    ... "- Item one\n"
    ... "- Item two\n"
    ... )
    'Here is a list of items:<ul><li>Item one</li><li>Item two</li></ul>'
    >>> ulize(
    ... "Another\n"
    ... "list:\n"
    ... " - One\n"
    ... " - Two\n"
    ... " Not-an-item\n"
    ... )
    'Another\nlist:<ul><li>One</li><li>Two</li></ul> Not-an-item\n'
    """

    return re.sub(
    r"\s*- (.*)\n*",
    r"<li>\1</li>",
    re.sub(r"((\s*- [^\n]*(\n|$))+)", r"<ul>\n\1\n</ul>", text)
    )

    if __name__ == "__main__":
    import doctest
    doctest.testmod()